Four of the leading banks in Arkansas were recognized this spring as top-performing lenders. The measuring stick used by the Independent Community Bankers of America: three-year average return on assets.
El Dorado’s First Financial Bank ranked No. 6 among lenders with assets of between $300 million and $1 billion with a 3.15 percent ROA during 2014-2016.
Among lenders with assets of more than $1 billion, Little Rock’s Bank of the Ozarks ranked No. 14 at 2.09 percent, Searcy’s First Security Bank ranked No. 16 at 2.08 percent, and Conway’s Centennial Bank ranked No. 22 at 1.83 percent.
ICBA represents more than 5,800 banks with $4.7 trillion in assets and 760,000 employees nationwide.